Sentence examples for rich silk from inspiring English sources

Once the rich silk weavers moved on to other places, their streets gradually declined.

Rich silk plaid drapes at the windows pick up the reds and golds of the paint colors.

Consider intarsia lace, a specialty couture technique that involves piecing together lace and rich silk, which is used liberally in both their couture and ready-to-wear collections.

The project aims to locate the remains of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo.

The female saints in Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (c. 550 570 ce) in the same town wear costumes set with green glass cubes among which appear both patterns and large fields of gold tesserae, producing a striking similarity to rich silk brocade.

The rich silk brocades and fresh colors, such as  a lavender jacket paired with sleek black leather pants, are a winning look.

Built when the city was a rich silk-making center, the neighborhood is known for the Cathedral of St.-Jean-Baptiste (8, place St.-Jean; cathedrale-lyon.cef.fr).

The opulent lobby is furnished with hand-painted Italian tile and couches upholstered in rich silks.

Haider Ackermann's glorious first full menswear offering of rich silks and satins was also modelled on boys with lashings of body art, including Mohr.

Sometimes sleeves can be tight and unforgiving, preventing 60s dolly birds from swinging their arms to the music, or loose and fluttery in rich silks for sashaying stars of the silver screen.

These are no ordinary tents - each has its own queen-sized bed, proper bathroom, electricity, air-conditioning and a lushly decadent feel, with rich silks and satins cascading from the frame.